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A CARVED CELADON YAOZHOU ‘LOTUS’ EWER 五代 耀州窯青釉刻蓮紋水注

FIVE DYNASTIES (907-960) 來源
養德堂珍藏
The ewer is carved in relief with a broad band of lotus scroll,
beneath the gently sloping shoulder between beaded edges and 本件青釉刻蓮紋水注是耀州窯早期的代表作品。耀州窯位於陝西省銅川
incised with curvilinear lines, which is applied with a curved 縣黃堡鎮，創燒於唐代，至十世紀起主要生產青瓷。十世紀的耀州窯青
spout further marked with cross-hatched design opposite to a strap 瓷以其厚潤青翠的釉色和深峻流暢的刻花而著稱。這兩點在本件這類拍
handle, covered overall with a densely crackled glaze of bluish- 品的執壺上表現尤為突出。在耀州窯窯址的發掘中，考古學家在五代的
celadon tone with the exception of the foot ring revealing the pale 地層中發現與本品器型、紋飾近似的青釉執壺殘件，見《五代黃堡窯
grey body. 址》，北京，1997年，頁64及67，圖版5、29、30號，編號1及2，及
7 √ in. (20 cm.) high 《耀州窯》，陜西省，1992年，頁56。另可參考玫茵堂藏近乎雷同的一
件水注，見康蕊君著《中國陶瓷》卷三之二，1994年，頁470-471，圖
HK$400,000-600,000 US$52,000-78,000 錄編號1472。

Ewers of the present form with decorations finely carved in high relief
are among the earliest celadon wares produced at the Yaozhou kilns in
Huangbao county, Tongchuan city, Shaanxi province. Sherds of ewers
with similar form and carved decoration had been recovered from the
Five Dynasties stratum at the Yaozhou kiln sites, see Wudai Huangbao
yaozhi, Beijing, 1997, pp. 64 and 67, colour pl. 5, pl. 29, and pl. 30,
figs. 1 and 2, and another example illustrated in Yaozhou Kiln, Shaanxi
Province, 1992, 56th page. Compare also to a nearly identical example
in the Meiyintang Collection, illustrated by Regina Krahl, Chinese
Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, London, 1994, vol. 3(II), pp.
470-1, no. 1472.

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